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Summary and notes on books of relevance from across the leadership spectrum.

Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision

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Title: Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision Author: Andy Stanley Copyright Date: 2016 Whatever Andy Stanley writes on leadership, I read it. It’s just that simple. With characteristic clarity, in his book Visioneering: Continue reading …

Memories, Hopes, & Conversations….

Compiled by Chuck Olson

Title: Memories, Hopes and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry and Congregational Change Author:  Mark Lau Branson Copyright Date: 2012 As a student of leadership, I have been significantly impacted by the Appreciative Inquiry model—a process rooted in valuing the Continue reading …

Moving Mountains: Praying with Passion, Confidence, & Authority

Compiled by Chuck Olson

Title: Moving Mountains: Praying with Passion, Confidence, and Authority Author: John Eldredge Copyright Date: 2016 The other day I found myself commenting to a friend about the significant contribution that John Eldredge continues to make to our Continue reading …

Good Leaders Ask Great Questions

Compiled by Chuck Olson

Title: Good Leaders Ask Great Questions Author: John C. Maxwell Copyright Date: 2014 The book title says it all: Good leaders ask great questions. John Maxwell, popular speaker and prolific author on all things leadership, Continue reading …

The Christian Leader

Compiled by Chuck Olson

Title: The Christian Leader: Rehabilitating Our Addiction to Secular Leadership Author: Bill Hull Copyright Date: 2016 Written by pastor and author Bill Hull, The Christian Leader: Rehabilitating Our Addiction to Secular Leadership, as the subtitle suggests, is a book Continue reading …

Broken and Whole: A Leader’s Path to Spiritual Transformation

Compiled by Chuck Olson

Title: Broken and Whole: A Leader’s Path to Spiritual Transformation Author: Stephen A. Macchia Copyright Date: 2016 The hook was set early when Steve Macchia, founder and president of Leadership Transformations, penned these words: I’m Continue reading …

Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader

Compiled by Chuck Olson

Title: Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader Author: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner Copyright Date: 2016 Arguably the most trusted names in the field of leadership, James Kouzes and Barry Posner have done it Continue reading …

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win

Compiled by Chuck Olson

Title: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win Author: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Copyright: 2015 Written by a couple of former Navy SEALs who understand the demands and risks of leadership in Continue reading …

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– Chuck Olson

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